Thursday, June 14, 2007

What does Feral mean anyway


It appears that the word feral in regard to the media has a wider coverage than perhaps we thought.

This from the Editors Weblog



"Today the political and satirical Croatian weekly,
Feral Tribune, is being forced to close, due to an overwhelming tax debt. The
finance ministry froze the Tribune’s bank accounts because of 68,000 € of unpaid
value-added tax (VAT). "




What does the word "Feral mean anyway.According to Wikipedia




A feral organism is one that has escaped from domestication and returned, partly
or wholly, to its
wild state. Rarely will a local
environment perfectly integrate the feral organism into its established
ecology. Therefore, feral animals
and plants can cause disruption or
extinction to some indigenous
species, affecting
wilderness and other fragile ecosystems



However according to Gal Beckerman,the PM's choice of animal was incorrect

"If the press were an animal, what kind of animal would it be? I’ve got my answer. I’m imagining a legion of lemmings, furry and well-intentioned, but ultimately condemned by their nature to follow each other mindlessly off a tall cliff, over the Paris Hilton peak or into the Invade Iraq crevasse."




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